The regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
Subtitle: a philosopher in politics
By: by Lara O'Sullivan.
Series: Mnemosyne supplements -- v. 318. -- History and archaeology of classical antiquity; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava -- v. 318.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9789004178885
Subjects: Demetrius, -- of Phaleron, -- b. ca. 350 B.C; Demetrius, -- of Phaleron, -- b. ca. 350 B.C. -- Political and social views; Governors -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography; Statesmen -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography; Orators -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography; Philosophers, Ancient -- Biography; Philosophy, Ancient; Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government; Athens (Greece) -- Relations -- Macedonia; Macedonia -- Relations -- Greece -- Athens
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The background to the regime : Demetrius of Phalerum's early years. The years in obscurity : the reigns of Philip, Alexander, and the age of Lycurgus; title: Demetrius' rise to prominence : Athens after Alexander; title: The decade of Demetrius : some introductory observations; title: Demetrius the law-giver : the moral programme. Burial laws; title: The gunaikonomoi and their laws; title: The nomophulakes; title: Demetrius and the ephêbeia; title: The laws : an interpretation and discussion of the historical context; title: The institutions of democracy. The citizen body; title: The assembly and council; title: Elections and the archonship; title: Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphê paranomôn and eisangelia; title: The Areopagus; title: The Athenian institutions : a summary; title: Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khorêgeia; title: The other liturgies; title: The Athenian economy, 317-307; title: Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. Demetrius' laws and the Peripatos; title: The philosophical schools and political calumny; title: Demetrius : orator, peripatetic, and patron of philosophers; title: Athens and Cassander. The years 317-307 : a narrative history; title: Athenian foreign policy under Demetrius of Phalerum; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1. The literary sources for the regime of Demetrius; title: Appendix 2. Gunaikonomoi & nomophulakes : a comparison; title: Appendix 3. The duties of the gunaikonomoi : a rejected suggestion.